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[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 38USC2308]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
                       CHAPTER 23--BURIAL BENEFITS
 
Sec. 2308. Transportation of deceased veteran to a national 
        cemetery
        
    Where a veteran dies as the result of a service-connected 
disability, or is in receipt of (but for the receipt of retirement pay 
or pension under this title would have been entitled to) disability 
compensation, the Secretary may pay, in addition to any amount paid 
pursuant to section 2302 or 2307 of this title, the cost of 
transportation of the deceased veteran for burial in a national 
cemetery. Such payment shall not exceed the cost of transportation to 
the national cemetery nearest the veteran's last place of residence in 
which burial space is available.

(Added Pub. L. 94-433, title III, Sec. 304(a), Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 
1377, Sec. 908; amended Pub. L. 101-237, title III, Sec. 313(b)(1), Dec. 
18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2077; renumbered Sec. 2308 and amended Pub. L. 102-
83, Sec. 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 908 of this title as this 
section and substituted ``2302 or 2307'' for ``902 or 907''.
    1989--Pub. L. 101-237 substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator''.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 1, 1976, see section 406 of Pub. L. 94-433, 
set out as an Effective Date of 1976 Amendment note under section 1101 
of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 113 of this title.